Abusive care home nurse who called patient an 'old c***' suspended for a year

AN ABUSIVE nurse who branded a frail dementia patient an “old c***” has been suspended for a year.
Anne-Marie Bond grabbed the 86-year-old woman and forced her into a room at a care home.
When a colleague confronted Bond, 54, she called them a “f*****g martyr” and joked about overmedicating patients.
Bond said she would “pee herself laughing” if the patient died during the night.
Her behaviour was finally reported by another nurse and two healthcare assistants.
Bond’s 25-year career is now in tatters after a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel ruled her fitness to practise was impaired by... read more

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